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Simpsons meme aside --
Those with currency can have significantly more options than those without it. I'm of a privileged state where if I wanted to drop everything and visit another country for two weeks, there's nothing stopping me financially. Not many people have that luxury.
Your comment made me realize that OP wasn't asking about why we need currency as a society, but why people keep trying to get more money.
I hate when the post title and post content ask two seemingly different questions, lol
Providing clarification is important...but to me, it seems prudent to just ask what one actually wants to know in the first place.
Honestly XY is hard to put into practice.
It wants the Asker to elevate themselves to the level of thinking as the Answerer and also have the forethought to ask "the right question".
But it lacks the perspective of what it means to be new at something. When you're new, you have no context of what the hell anything is. So you throw spaghetti at the wall and ask is this how you make pasta.
If it's a culture where stupid questions are allowed and people are willing to be mentors... Just ask your question.
I think in this case, the OP should've just chosen one question and put it in the title, then left the post text blank.
If the question they wanted to know didn't get answered, they could've had conversations with the commenters where they gave more detail about why they asked the question.
A post consisting of two different questions in two different places (and nothing else) just seems counterintuitive to me.
Whoa dude, just answer the question. If answering or asking doesn't appeal to you just move on.
I thoroughly enjoy all the answers I've received and the discussion around it. Sorry I don't live up to your "no stupid questions" question standard.
It's a hard question to ask. I'd rather pin down why it's essential then ask why it's deemed the only thing that is essential.
it's essential then ask why it's deemed the only thing that is essential.
This is a very blanket statement and going to need a source here.
People... deem money.... you kddn me?
Jokster.
No not really.
Buddhist scripture believes in achieving enlightenment, yogi aim for inner peace, all sorts of subgroups and cultures like indigenous people put family first.
You're not providing a source to where this is truth, so it seems like you're putting this pressure on yourself. And you need to dig into yourself why YOU believe currency is all that matters.
Even if I were "putting pressure on myself" your inclination is that I'm the one who has deemed money the most essential thus providing you with your sought out evidence. Now kind sir, I say good day.
That's fair.
Hope you discover other alternatives because there's a wide world/groups of people out there that don't believe money is the sole focus of life.
Lemmy supports editing posts, deleting posts and making new posts - if a question is obtuse the author can always take it down and post something more precise and less open to misinterpretation. Of it's a language barrier issue I'm sympathetic but this just seems to have been a needlessly clickbaity title.
God, that was such a funny joke back in the day. One of the moments where the writers were at the top of their game.